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Thaden Armory, 23 September, 2006 
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I found Patrick Thaden originally on the web and noticed he only lived a few miles from me, so I gave him a call to see who he was. We agreed to visit each others shop and talk, so in the morning Patrick came down to Richardson to view my lay-out. In the afternoon we drove to Denton to see Patrick’s place of work. Patrick showed us some of his projects he currently was working on, which was a Italian style suit in 1050 carbon steel. This was very interesting to me because I only worked low carbon steel in the past. Patrick was a good host and we enjoyed the tour of his shop, if you have the opportunity to visit with him, it is worth the time. (Click on Patrick's armor mark above to visit his site) |
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1 Patrick in his shop |
2 The lay-out |
3 The lay-out |
4 This was new to me it is a gas saver. |
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5 Patrick showing us his beltsander he build |
6 He is heating the metal before he drives the steel. |
7 Working the edge of the breastplate |
8 The same as 7 |
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9 The breastplate |
10 One of the current projects |
11 Same as 10 |
12 The pauldron |
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13 The inside |
14 The Italian style looks great projects |
15 One piece elbow-cop |
16 Left Arm |
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17 Right Arm |
18 Great view of the sliding rivet |
19 Right Arm |
20 Well formed grieve |
